This episode was recorded on 1st July, 2011 with the MetaCast of Kyokai, anaaga, Hoshi, Ness & Overcooled. This is the first of it’s kind all-girls podcast on one of the most talked-about topics in animanga land: Yaoi/Boy’s Love/Shounen Ai… call it whatever you please. Metanorn has always been quite open to this genre not because girls ended up running it but simple fangirliness that is induced even more whenever BL is talked about. To a lot of people, it’s still a mystery and we have taken upon ourselves to unravel at least some parts of it. So, sit back and relax for a blow by blow on the psyche of yaoi, why it is so popular and some specialized recommendations from our resident experts.

End Note by Kyokai: You can call this episode an experimentation to our genre expertness because somebody has to dish out the secret info. This was also one of the first podcasts that Jrow and I co-edited. I saved his ears from bleeding out for listening to a two and half hour recording compared to one and a half hour; yep, we couldn’t stop talking at all. Anyways, we girls definitely had fun fangirling about something that is still a mystery to some. It’s simple, you know, from the conclusion we came up with in the end. We’ll look forward to your feedback as always. Ja ne~

Hope you had fun with this ‘SPECIAL’ podcast! Bwahahahahaaaaaaa~

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I hope you don’t mind me commenting as I listen.
Yaaaaaaaoi!
Overcooled, I can totally relate about the whole one pairing intruding on your favorite pairing. I get so mad when the seme from my OTP gets paired up with his friend and becomes the uke. It totally made me hate his friend. haha!
Yaoi-con~! I was planning on going, but I spent all my money at Fanime…. Hoshi-chan, let’s go next year! *0*

HOSHI, YOU MENTIONED THE PORNSTICK. I actually left that thing at my school library three times. I was so scared the librarian would look through it. Then I ended up losing it at a bookstore. I lost all the Halco/Chikadoh doujin ;A; AUGH.

Mankai Darling is so amazing! Its one of my favorites.

Loved this episode! I had so much fun listening to you guys~
Can’t wait for the next one.

We had been planning this podcast for some time but due to timing and lots of other reason, it switched to episode 6 but in the end, it all turned out quite well. So, thank you for the awesome review. <3

There are so many things that a fangirl goes through while following yaoi/BL pairing or simple stories on how it all started.

I want people to attend yaoicon! Someone, just go already, it's still months away. And man, what's up with pornstick getting lost, huh?! Btw, I love everything by Yamamoto and currently catching up with the rest of her work.

Lol, no. It’s just my best buddy’s wedding and I had to get into the whole getting-things-ready mode. And Gintama fan much? :3
I’ll add you when I’m next logged on, be ready to accept from a long ID. xD

So I had to listen in because I was mentioned. I’ll admit I didn’t listen to the whole thing, but it was pretty cute to see everyone fangirl. 😉 I got a little lost with all the titles–I haven’t heard of most of them. xD But this was definitely a perfect topic for Metanorn.

I’d be hard-pressed to watch a purely yaoi anime, but the best relationships in anime are usually same-sex. Usually the romantic implications there are just implied, but I’ve shipped a few guy x guy pairs.

Btw, I’ve been working two jobs plus school. School just ended, but I’ll be working still. But I’ll be blogging, too. 😀

You know, actually, I heard that most ppl like yaoi because of the connection between the two men involved. Shoujou anime and manga or whatever tend to be too cheezy, while yaoi is a lot more deep and closer to reality from that point of view.
“I want to become your bird”-my all time fav yaoi manga.Good recommendation. Everyone should read it.
Ps: Thumbs up for Shinee as well!!
And no one mentioned Loveless!What about Loveless?!!!!T^T
One last thing, if you haven’t watched Antique Bakery the movie, do it. You will not be disappointed (unless you’re not used to seing real life yaoi ;)) ).
Cheers!

~UWAH! I totally forgot to mention that Antique movie! ;A; I actually bought it I loved it so much<3 I probably forgot since it doesn't have that much yaoi, but it was still lovely x'D And OH YEAH SHINEE~<3

I can bet most of us have seen Loveless too. We didn't much come to it because it happened across us in the middle of following yaoi but we have nothing against it. xD (It's cute!) Also, I'll check out Antique Bakery too, it's been on my watch-list for some time now.